Lucretius, De rerum natura: Libri Sex, 1566

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              Herere, unde queant nulla ratione revelli.</s>
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              Sunt igitur solida primordia simplicitate:
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              Quae minimis stipata coherent partibus arte,
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              Non ex ullarum conventu conciliata,
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              Sed magis aeterna pollentia simplicitate:
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              Unde neque avelli quidquam, neque deminui iam
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              Concedit natura, reservans semina rebus.</s>
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              Praeterea nisi erit minimum; parvissuma quaeque
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              Corpora constabunt ex partibus infinitis,
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              Quippe ubi dimidiae partis pars semper habebit
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              Dimidiam partem, nec res praefiniet ulla;
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              Ergo rerum inter summam, minimamque quid escit ? </s>
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              Non erit ut distent.</s>
              <s id="s.000159"> nam quamvis funditus omnis
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              Summa sit infinita; tamen, parvissima quae sunt,
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              Ex infinitis constabunt partibus aeque.</s>
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              Quoi quoniam ratio reclamat vera; negatque
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              Credere posse animum: victus fateare necesse est
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              Esse ea, quae nullis iam praedita partibus extent,
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              Et minima constent natura: quae quoniam sunt;
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              Illa quoque esse tibi solida, atque aeterna, fatendum.</s>
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              Denique ni minimas in partis cuncta resolvi
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              Cogere consuesset rerum natura creatrix;
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              Iam nihil ex illis eadem reparare valeret:
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              Propterea, quia quae nullis sunt partibus aucta,
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              Non possunt ea, quae debet genitalis habere
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              Materies, varios conexus, pondera, plagas
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              Concursus, motus; per quae res quaeque geruntur.</s>
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              Porro si nulla est frangendis reddita finis
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              Corporibus, tamen ex aeterno tempore quaedam
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              Nunc etiam superare necesse est corpora rebus;
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              Quae nondum clueant ullo temptata periclo.</s>
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              At quoniam fragili natura praedita constant;
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